Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Stephanie Anne Pearl-McPheeis a writer, knitter, IBCLC or International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and doula living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth14 June 1968
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee quotes about
knitting projects assembly
I'm a knitter. My projects are the ultimate in 'some assembly required.
knitting doctors office
Knitters just can't watch TV without doing something else. Knitters just can't wait in line, knitters just can't sit waiting at the doctor's office. Knitters need knitting to add a layer of interest in other, less constructive ways.
eye knitting practice
The twitch above my right eye will disappear with knitting practice.
knitting bored mad
Knitting is a boon for those of us who are easily bored. I take my knitting everywhere to take the edge off of moments that would otherwise drive me stark raving mad.
opportunity waiting-in-line knitting
Everybody tells me that they would love to knit, but they don't have time. I look at people's lives and I can see opportunity and time for knitting all over the place. The time spent riding the bus each day? That's a pair of socks over a month. Waiting in line? Mittens. Watching TV? Buckets of wasted time that could be an exquisite lace shawl.
knitting purpose littles
Since I became a knitting humor writer, I seem to be understood a little better - at least for the purposes of social discourse.
knows knitters
I do know that there isn't ever going to be a time when there aren't any knitters.
encounters engagement ifs
The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity.
sweaters needs
Sweaters need to be imagined, dreamed over.
effort great-effort gratification
With great effort comes great gratification.
knitting hammocks too-much
You know you knit too much when ... Before you buy anything, such as a hammock or curtains, you seriously wonder whether you could knit it.
block thinking yarn
Some knitters say that they buy yarn with no project in mind and wait patiently for the yarn to "speak" to them. This reminds me of Michelangelo, who believed that every block of stone he carved had the statue waiting inside and that all he did was reveal it. I think I've had yarn speak to me during the knitting process, and I've definitely spoken to it. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong, or maybe my yarn and I aren't on such good terms, but it really seems to me that all I say is "please" and all it ever says is "no".
deliberate everywhere knit people run sort time
When people see me knitting, I tell them I'm a knitter. Not the sort of knitter they may have run into before, but a passionate, constant, deliberate knitter. I knit everyday, all the time, everywhere I go.
essential means taken time worried
If you have time to knit, if you've taken up knitting, it means you're not worried about the essential stuff.